HARROGATE SPRING WATER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-30 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+370% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£3M
+0.2% vs 2023
Employees
82
-2.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£84K
-97.2% first positive since 2021
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-04-01 | 2020-03-31 | 2020-04-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £26,179,200 | — | £10,418,021 | £23,050,912 | £34,740,586 | £36,979,881 | |
| Operating profit | — | £899,008 | — | -£2,365,604 | -£792,355 | £4,040,468 | £1,004,585 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £425,412 | — | -£2,683,711 | -£1,317,999 | £2,988,307 | £84,302 | |
| Net profit | — | £309,926 | — | -£1,846,821 | -£1,361,739 | £2,743,395 | £5,640 | |
| Cash | — | £268,641 | — | £115,963 | £273,524 | £272,637 | £1,281,266 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £7,890,417 | — | £10,763,357 | £10,980,788 | £12,072,145 | £12,336,580 | |
| Net assets | — | £5,323,392 | — | £3,126,571 | £1,764,832 | £2,729,053 | £2,734,693 | |
| Equity | £5,613,466 | £5,323,392 | £5,323,392 | £3,126,571 | £1,764,832 | £2,729,053 | £2,734,693 | |
| Average employees | — | 83 | — | 80 | 79 | 84 | 82 | |
| Wages | — | £2,742,025 | — | £1,988,462 | £3,119,030 | £3,117,373 | £3,908,104 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £331,169 | — | £162,891 | £218,950 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+6.4%
£34,740,586 £36,979,881
highest in 5 filed years
-
Cash
+370%
£272,637 £1,281,266
highest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
+0.2%
£2,729,053 £2,734,693
-
Employees
-2.4%
84 82
-
Operating profit
-75.1%
£4,040,468 £1,004,585
first positive since 2021
-
Profit before tax
-97.2%
£2,988,307 £84,302
first positive since 2021
-
Wages
+25.4%
£3,117,373 £3,908,104
highest in 5 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-04-01 | 2020-03-31 | 2020-04-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.4% | — | -22.7% | -3.4% | 11.6% | 2.7% | |
| Net margin | — | 1.2% | — | -17.7% | -5.9% | 7.9% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 11.4% | — | -22.0% | -7.2% | 33.5% | 8.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.62x | 1.49x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.90x | — | -7.44x | -1.51x | 3.84x | 1.09x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HARROGATE SPRING WATER LIMITED 2010-02-12 → present
- HARROGATE SPA WATER LIMITED 2002-01-17 → 2010-02-12
- HSW LIMITED 2000-08-16 → 2002-01-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Given ownership of the Harrogate Water Brands group by Danone SA, the directors have reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, including the period of at least twelve months following the date of this report. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis for accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 1 May 2025 the commercial and distribution activities of Harrogate Spring Water Limited were transferred to Nutricia Limited, a fellow Danone SA Group company.”
- “On the same date amounts owed to a group company, Danone Finance International of £9,343,092, were assumed by Nutricia Limited a fellow group company. This increases equity in Harrogate Spring Water by the same amount.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Richard Colchester | Director | 2022-07-26 | Sep 1967 | British |
| MAYER, James Forster | Director | 2021-12-17 | Sep 1969 | British |
| WOLFENDEN, Samuel James | Director | 2024-04-02 | Jun 1983 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKER, Anthony Lancelot | Secretary | 2000-08-16 | 2017-08-17 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-08-16 | 2000-08-16 |
| BOULAY, Olivier | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2021-01-21 |
| BRAY, Ian Albert | Director | 2000-08-16 | 2005-12-31 |
| BROCARD, Maud | Director | 2021-01-21 | 2022-05-09 |
| BURNETT, Stephen Douglas | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2015-12-11 |
| CAIN, Anthony Joseph | Director | 2001-08-23 | 2020-07-01 |
| CAIN, James Anthony | Director | 2007-03-12 | 2022-04-30 |
| DICKINSON, Paul Michael, The Executors Of Mr | Director | 2013-03-26 | 2018-06-01 |
| KNAGGS, Simon David | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2020-07-01 |
| LEWKO, Catherine Germaine | Director | 2021-12-17 | 2023-11-01 |
| MARTIN, Paul John | Director | 2002-08-23 | 2011-02-04 |
| PARKER, Anthony Lancelot | Director | 2002-08-23 | 2014-07-01 |
| PEARSON, James Philip | Director | 2021-01-21 | 2021-12-17 |
| PICKERING, Robert James | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2020-07-01 |
| STAMMKOETTER, Christian Bernd | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2021-01-21 |
| WARD, Edward Charles | Director | 2002-08-23 | 2004-01-31 |
| WILKINSON, Damien Michael | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2020-07-01 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-08-16 | 2000-08-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrogate Water Brands Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-16 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-23 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-18 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2022-08-17 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2022-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.